Enlarging an Existing Storage Pool

You can increase the amount of storage space, by adding disks to the storage pool.

To add disks to a storage pool

1. Install one or more new disks.
2. Log in as root.
3. In the command line, enter the following command:

   format

   A list of all installed disks appears.

4. Write down the name of the new disks you installed.
5. View the disks that are used by CTERA Portal, by entering the following command:

   ctera-storage-util.sh status

   The pool called "cterapool" includes all disks used by CTERA Portal.

6. Add the new disk, by entering the following command:

   ctera-storage-util.sh add_storage [raidType] disk0 disk2... disk11 [spare sparedisk1 sparedisk2 …]

   For information on the command's parameters, see Storage Utility Parameters.

   If multiple disks are added, they are treated as a new RAID array, with the raid type specified by the optional parameter raidType.

7. Verify that the disks were added to "cterapool", by entering the following command:

   ctera-storage-util.sh status

   The new disks should now be listed in "cterapool".